Thursday

Chronicle of October 1, 2026

39 entries

• The Ministry of Defence cancelled the contract for 185 armoured vehicles for army engineers, worth almost 25 billion crowns.

  ČTK / České noviny · ČT24 · Novinky.cz · Seznam Zprávy
  

• The Chamber of Deputies did not pass the opposition's motion of no confidence in the government of Andrej Babiš; 83 deputies voted in favour.

  ČTK / České noviny · iROZHLAS · Seznam Zprávy · Echo24
  

• The Turkish company Pegasus Airlines completed the takeover of Czech Airlines and Smartwings.

  Novinky.cz · Seznam Zprávy · Echo24 · E15
  

• The organisers announced that the Metronome Prague music festival is ending after ten years and will not be held next year.

  iDNES.cz · Novinky.cz · ČTK / České noviny · Deník.cz
  

• Škoda Auto curtailed production because of problems at a supplier and partly reduced the number of shifts.

  ČTK / České noviny · Echo24 · iROZHLAS
  

• After the introduction of a price cap, diesel at filling stations became cheaper by up to three crowns, petrol only in places.

  ČTK / České noviny · Novinky.cz · Blesk.cz · ČTK / České noviny · E15
  

• The Constitutional Court ruled that lunar dust samples from the 1970s remain the property of the Czech Academy of Sciences.

  iDNES.cz · Pražský deník · Novinky.cz · Blesk.cz · Seznam Zprávy
  

• Hurricane-force wind of more than 128 kilometres per hour was recorded on Sněžka; operation of the upper section of the cable car was suspended.

  iROZHLAS · Novinky.cz · Deník.cz · Hradecká Drbna
  

• Police announced that no crime was committed in the July collision between MP Filip Turek and an ambulance in Prague; the case was passed on to be handled as a possible misdemeanour by both drivers.

  ČTK / České noviny · iROZHLAS · Echo24 · FORUM 24 · Deník.cz
  

• A flat on the fourth floor of an apartment building in the Mariánské Hory district of Ostrava caught fire; five people, including two small children, inhaled smoke and were taken into the care of paramedics.

  Ostravská Drbna · Novinky.cz
  

• Štěpánka Ranošová, an Ostrava actress, co-founder of the Petr Bezruč Theatre and holder of the Thalia Award for lifetime achievement, died at the age of 99.

  Ostravan.cz · Novinky.cz · Deník: Moravskoslezský kraj · ČTK / České noviny
  

• In the police operation Korund, aimed at illegal trade in cannabinoids, items worth CZK 330 million were seized.

  ČTK / České noviny · iDNES.cz · Blesk.cz · ČTK / České noviny · iROZHLAS
  

• The Central Bohemian Region councillors, acting as the general meeting, removed Petr Honěk from the board of the regional hospital in Příbram with immediate effect; the police are examining him in connection with the raid at the General Health Insurance Company of the Czech Republic, and he has not been charged.

  ČTK / České noviny · iROZHLAS · Novinky.cz · ČT24

• The company SynBiol, described by the media as Babiš's, reported a loss of CZK 477.5 million for 2025, while its revenue rose by 36 percent.

  Seznam Zprávy · ČTK / České noviny · Novinky.cz · E15 · FORUM 24
  

• As of 1 October 2026, 92 ships carrying liquefied gas destined for the Czech Republic had been handled at the LNG terminal in Eemshaven in the Netherlands.

  ČTK / České noviny · E15 · iDNES.cz
  

• The state budget deficit reached 194.5 billion crowns at the end of September 2026 and, according to the news site iROZHLAS, is the fourth deepest since the independent Czech Republic was established.

  ČTK / České noviny · iROZHLAS · Ekonomický deník · Hospodářské noviny
  

• The Úřad pro ochranu hospodářské soutěže imposed fines totalling CZK 1.94 billion on cable manufacturers and sellers for a cartel agreement.

  ČTK / České noviny · iROZHLAS · ČT24 · Novinky.cz · Seznam Zprávy
  

• Tunnelling began near Václavice on an exploratory tunnel for the future Prostřední Vrch tunnel on the D3 motorway; the work is to cost CZK 248 million and last until 2027.

  ČTK / České noviny · Novinky.cz · ČT24: regiony · iROZHLAS
  

• The actor Kamil Pulec, associated with the Slovácké divadlo theatre in Uherské Hradiště, died at the age of 63.

  Lidovky.cz · iDNES.cz · Novinky.cz · ZLIN.CZ
  

• The District Court in Litoměřice rehabilitated Cardinal Štěpán Trochta for the period from 19 July 1950 to 16 January 1953, when he was interned in the bishop's residence in Litoměřice.

  iDNES.cz · Novinky.cz · ČT24: regiony
  

• The new Director General of the Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic, Martin Legner, announced at a press conference a plan to create special teams for large-scale crisis events, which could be established by mid-2027.

  ČTK / České noviny · iDNES.cz · Seznam Zprávy
  

• According to veterinarians, the number of miscarriages among sows increased after activists entered a pig farm in Markvartice.

  iDNES.cz · Jihlavská Drbna · Novinky.cz
  

• The police are looking for further possible victims of a man suspected of sexual violence in Prague 8.

  iROZHLAS · Echo24 · Blesk.cz
  

• In Zlín-Štípa in the Zlín Region, a restriction on public transport lasting several months ended after road repairs, and services returned to their regular timetables.

  ZLIN.CZ · Deník: Zlínský kraj

• Health officials in Prague have recorded 399 infected people in connection with the salmonellosis epidemic.

  Pražský deník · Pražský patriot
  

• The company Panav from Senice na Hané handed over to the Czech army the first refrigerated trailer for field kitchens.

  Deník: Olomoucký kraj · Hanácká Drbna
  

• The Pisárecký tunnel and the Hlinky tunnel in Brno are to be closed from 12 October to 20 November 2026 for repairs planned by the Road and Motorway Directorate (Ředitelství silnic a dálnic).

  Deník: Jihomoravský kraj · Brněnská Drbna
  

• A cyclist died in Třinec after a collision with a car; police are investigating the circumstances of the accident.

  Ostravská Drbna · Novinky.cz
  

• After several days of debate, the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic voted on the opposition motion of no confidence in the government of Andrej Babiš (ANO, SPD and Motoristé).

  ČT24 · ČTK / České noviny · ČTK / České noviny · iROZHLAS
  

• In Prachatice in the South Bohemian Region, a house called Kolečko was opened for people after serious injuries, where two robots are to help paraplegics return to life.

  Deník: České Budějovice / Jižní Čechy · Budějcká Drbna
  

• A train run without permission halted traffic in Prague on the section between Bubny and Výstaviště Praha.

  Pražský deník · iDNES.cz, Praha
  

• Since 1 October 2026 the Penny Market chain in Czechia has been led by Mathias Mentrop as chief executive, who returned from heading the company's Hungarian branch.

  MediaGuru · ČTK / České noviny
  

• The Liberec Region is to receive the former Skloexport building in Liberec and other properties in exchange for the completed integrated emergency-services centre in Turnov.

  Liberecká Drbna · Deník: Liberecký kraj
  

• From the start of October, the Czech National Bank, in cooperation with the Ministry of Finance, has been offering municipalities and regions a savings account in the state treasury yielding 3.7 percent annually with immediate access to the deposited money.

  Seznam Zprávy · iDNES.cz · Novinky.cz · Echo24
  

• A 19-year-old man was charged with stealing a Škoda car and tools from a driver at a petrol station in Dvůr Králové nad Labem and was caught the following day in Třebechovice pod Orebem.

  Hradecká Drbna · Hradecká Drbna · Deník: Královéhradecký kraj · Novinky.cz
  

• The government has reintroduced fuel price regulation with a daily price cap and a reduced excise duty on diesel; in the Karlovy Vary Region the price of diesel at MOL filling stations fell by CZK 3.20 per litre.

  Hospodářské noviny · Deník: Karlovarský kraj · Karlovarská Drbna
  

• After repairs, Prague City Museum reopened Villa Müller in Prague; the tour now also leads through previously inaccessible rooms, such as the guest room, the servants' apartment and the wine cellar.

  Pražský patriot · Pražská Drbna

• Prague City Hall cancelled the price decree setting maximum fares for metered taxi services as of 30 September 2026, so no maximum fare applies from 1 October; Deputy Mayor Jaromír Beránek said the cancellation was decided by an office department rather than the city leadership and that he wants to reverse it.

  ČTK / České noviny · ČT24: regiony · Ekonomický deník
  

• The body of an unidentified woman with extensive tattoos, found in early October by a worker at a plastic waste sorting line near Prague, remains unidentified, and police are investigating the case on suspicion of negligent homicide.

  Blesk.cz · Deník.cz · Novinky.cz

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